Ex-Ohio Speaker, GOP Chair Found Guilty of Racketeering

“After greater than 9 hours of deliberation, a jury on Thursday discovered former Ohio Home Speaker Larry Householder (R) and state Republican Chairman Matt Borges responsible of felony racketeering expenses in reference to a billion-dollar utility bailout that was handed in 2019,” the Ohio Capital Journal reviews.

“Each males face most sentences of 20 years.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer: “For the reason that case first turned public almost three years in the past, prosecutors have stated it represented the most important public corruption scheme in Ohio historical past, a cash-for-legislation rip-off they stated personally enriched 5 folks and aided a utility’s struggling nuclear operation on the backs of taxpayers.”

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